| 60 ml | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 15 ml | De Kuyper Triple Sec (40%) |
| 7.5 ml | Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) |
| 22.5 ml | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 7.5 ml | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
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How to make:
- Select a Double old-fashioned glass.
- Prepare garnish of lime wedge, mint sprigs & stirrer (preferably a Menehune stirrer).
- SHAKE all ingredients.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Garnish with lime wedge, mint sprigs bouquet and stirrer.
- Serve with a straw.
Strength & taste guide:
Review:
Slightly sweet and strong. According to Vic, "One sip and you may see a Menehune."
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1947-72 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.
You can't see or talk to a menehune until you drink some Menehune Juice. So drink some.
Victor Bergeron, 1972
MENEHUNE JUICE
1 lime
½ ounce orange curaçao
¼ ounce rock candy syrup
¼ ounce orgeat syrup
2 ounces Trader Vic light Puerto Rican rum
Squeeze lime juice over shaved ice in a mai tai (double old fashioned) glass; save one shell. Add remaining ingredients and enough shaved ice to fill glass. Hand shake. Decorate with one spent lime shell, fresh mint, and a menehune.
Nutrition:
One serving of Menehune Juice contains 212 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 19.61% alc./vol. (39.22° proof)
- 22.1 grams of pure alcohol
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